This is the first of Dr. Peter Kalmus' monthly climate podcasts for MPP, featuring a guest appearance by science professor Ann Marie Carlton of UC Irvine. Peter is a climate scientist and MPP's climate advisor.

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Climate Scientist and activist Dr. Peter Kalmus talks climate change cause & effect and announces the launch of "The People's Podcast" with Nick. Jessica and Todd provide updates on state & local organizing, and Carol commemorates a fallen ally in the political revolution.  Tune in to find out where we are at in the party registration.  

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In this exciting episode that comes on the heels of the People's Party's Maine ballot access filing, MPP also welcomes a special guest. Nick opens the meeting after having attended a Maine virtual celebration discussing the milestone of the party name filing in the first of 50 states - Maine. He reminds us of the events that led up to this moment in the last 3-4 years since Bernie Sanders run for President in 2016.

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Originally Published as a livestream on the Movement for a People’s Party YouTube channel on November 24, 2020.

MPP’s founder and national coordinator Nick Braña speaks with guests Qween Jean - a black trans lives matter activist from New York, Jaimeson Davids from the Sunrise Movement (DC), and Angel Charley from the Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women (New Mexico).

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Nick opens with updates about Trump's failing attempts to overturn the election results, the growing list of corporate Democrats and Republicans going in to the Biden administration, and our process to select a party name via RCV (Ranked Choice Voting) among the top 10 of more than 3500 party name nominations from our members. We are choosing a name now so we can register our intent to establish a party in Maine, which requires filing for ballot access in December 2020 for us to run candidates in 2022. After filing, we must get 5000 registered party members in Maine in the next year for ballot access and are currently preparing that outreach.

Regional Coordinators Todd and Michelle discuss how we are building hubs and coalitions on the ground in every state to grow our party, and how we need more people to volunteer everywhere.

William from Milwaukee joins us to talk about what's happening in Wisconsin. He describes the rapid growth of the Milwaukee and Dane County (Madison) hubs and the need to spread the ideas and policies of our party far and wide, across all counties. Cate from New Jersey describes her recent experience speaking with another group of NJ progressives who were receptive to either forming a coalition with MPP or possibly joining us directly.

Media and Messaging Working Group Coordinator Carol explains how the weekly call for her working group will alternate focus between Social Media and Media/Messaging from week to week. The next weekly Media and Messaging call will focus on local and national media outreach. Two new Circles are also being formed: the Email Circle will be responsible for responding to incoming email from the general public and our members, and the Research Circle will be responsible for internal research requests. We also have a new public Slack channel called #social-media-amplify.

Political Outreach WG Co-coordinator Tiffany talks about the work of the Electoral Strategy Circle, which she also coordinates. Last week they completed their research on how to obtain ballot access in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and are in the process of verifying that research and choosing their next research project now.

Creative Arts WG Coordinator David describes how his group's work includes graphics and video for social media, livestreams, flyers for organizers, music and chants for our actions, merch designs, and more. This Working Group includes Video and Photo Production, Music, and Creative Writing Circles and will add more as we grow.

Tech WG Coordinator Thomas details the ongoing work of the Coding and Development, Data and Analytics, and IT Circles, and our near-term goals of starting a Cybersecurity Circle and state and local hub liaisons. The Coding and Development circle is working on redoing the MPP app,  Data and Analytics is building out a custom member platform to rival ActBlue, and IT works on keeping our crucial internal infrastructure running smoothly.

Nick returns to give many additional updates including on how we are building up local hubs in advance of our widespread ballot access efforts planned for 2021. We're also putting a Welcome Circle together in the Organizing WG which will call every new volunteer and help plug them in. We will be releasing our Organizing Guide for hubs on December 1st and posting our By-Laws by December 15th. Our Founding Convention and determination of our Party Platform are planned for summer or fall of 2021. We will then selectively run candidates to win in strategic elections in 2022. Q&A and a closing by Carol follow.

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This national organizing call features guest Senator Mike Gravel who speaks on the remnants of slavery in our Constitution, judicial and legislative term limits, excessive Pentagon budgets, the Gravel Institute, and the National Citizens Initiative for Democracy. Also discussed is the forced confirmation of Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court. We discuss the People's Party's Election Day 'Day of Action' plans so we can meet with voters and tell them that no matter who wins we are building a new party. To join us go to PeoplesParty.org 

In this podcast episode converted from our Zoom National Organizing call meeting we hear from guest speakers, and learn more about #Yes on 2, a group working toward Ranked Choice Voting in Massachusetts. We then vote on whether MPP should endorse this group and support those efforts in Massachusetts. We'll also discuss our Election #DayOfAction, amd more organizing updates!  If you want to attend the National Organizing call live on Zoom and/or you haven't registered for the call previously, please register here:https://peoplesparty-org.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_ZSQWfjJwTde6DwpcFxkWWQ 

Everyone who registered in the last 3 months will get an automatic email with the Zoom link. You can download the People’s Party app to cast your vote in future polls. 

During this call we had guest speakers like Jesse from "Yes on 2", a group working toward #RankedChoiceVoting in Massachusetts, who shared info about the work they're doing to achieve RCV in Massachusetts by ballot initiative. We held a vote on whether MPP should endorse this group and support those efforts in Massachusetts. The vote was overwhelmingly in favor of endorsement. 

We also discussed our Election Day of Action, and heard from MPP volunteers, Bill Hackett, on the environmental crisis, and Alex Rothfelder, on local organizing efforts by the hubs in Massachusetts.

 Listen to catch up on some of the exciting things happening across the Movement for a People's Party! 

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Part 8 - 51:03

- Dr. Cornel West on the inspirational nature of uplifting every voice in a prophetic fight against historic levels of catastrophe, trauma, and injustice

- Nina Turner on bringing about a true peace by dedicating ourselves to a revolution of values, love, and hope

- How to Start a New Party: a montage of practical advice on organizing for success